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Originally Posted by 44 AMP
This is exactly it. It's not like some TV shows. You will get a statement that "the rifling is consistent with" or something similar. They will swear to that. They won't swear to "that bullet absolutely was fired from that gun".
Go watch My Cousin Vinnie (if you can get past the R rated language). It's both entertaining and informative about this sort of thing.
You'll get something like "the rifling on the bullet was consistent with being fired through a barrel with a 1 in 14" twist".
"what was the twist rate of the gun taken from the suspect?"
"
1 in 14" "
"Thank you, no further questions..."
and then, its up to the Jury to decide...
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I watched My Cousin Vinnie again on Sunday and I had forgotten how good the movie was. It's a good movie that makes some good points but a "little" unrealistic.